componist
William Knight started his musical career as a chorister of St Paul’s Cathedral, London. He read Music at the University of York whilst singing as the Tenor Choral Scholar at ...
gerelateerde werken
Dirge for Fidele : for mixed choir / William Knight; text William Shakespeare
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Gemengd koor
Bezetting:
GK4
Kinder-lijck : gem. koor a cappella, 1944 (rev. '52) / [tekst van] (J. v.d. Vondel), Jan van Dijk
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Gemengd koor; Vocaal ensemble (2-12)
Bezetting:
sopr alt ten bas / GK4
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Vocaal ensemble (2-12)
Bezetting:
4sopr 2alt/ten-c 2ten 2bas
Ach, wat heerlijkheid : vocaal kwintet, 5 soli: sopraan, alt, tenor, bariton, bas / Hanna Beekhuis
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Vocaal ensemble (2-12); Gemengd koor
Bezetting:
sopr alt ten bar bas / GK5
compositie
Ombrose e care selve : for voice quintet / William Knight; Text Giovanni Battista Guarini
Toelichting:
Ombrose e care selve was written to fit into an Italian madrigal programme performed by the Windsor Consort. The programme, solely comprised of text from the play Il pastor fido by Giovanni Battista Guarini, included music by Monteverdi, Marenzio, and Gastoldi. This new composition was influenced by the style employed in these Italian madrigals, following the word stresses rather than the natural inclination to stress the beginning of each bar. The music allows the singers to manipulate tempo to emphasise emotion, just as you would with an Italian madrigal. There are intentionally no dynamics and the metronome mark is only a suggestion.
William Knight